BokAvenger says...

Almost every NZ win is tainted by biased refereeing. Witness how NZ are allowed a mandatory 5 forward passes per game by the refs. They get away with cheap shots and punches on the ground, jersey tugging, blatant offside play, playing the ball on the floor, skew throw ins and feeds at line outs and scrums. Need I go on? It's as if the officials are too scared to ping them for their indiscretions. That can only happen if you're under instructions from up high. Even Bryce Lawrence admitted that "powerful" people had influenced him before that quarterfinal between SA and Oz. What more proof do you need that officiating is rotten to the core?

Posted 13:14 15th January 2013

ArmchairGeneral says...

Boks should be sliding down the rankings.

Re Oz. wonder if Deans will come out with his "one eye on the bledisloe cup" comment he made before his first AB game last year! That was my quote of the year! However Oz are the only ones that can realistically hope to beat them to first in the tournament in 2013

Posted 12:57 15th January 2013

daibok says...

Bokavenger: NZ won because they are the best. We won a couple of years ago for the same reason. Refs are inconsistent and sometimes incompetent but never crooked.

Posted 11:33 15th January 2013

BokAvenger says...

Not sure why we're bothering with this rigged tournament again. Why not just award the All Pacific the trophy right now and save everyone a huge amount of travel expenses. IRB's crooked refs are never going to allow their paymasters' precious marketing gimmick to lose any games so why bother. Congratulations NZ on another win.

Posted 09:45 15th January 2013